In this paper, we empirically investigate the effect of entrepreneurship on economic growth at the country level. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which provides comparative data on entrepreneurship from a wide range of countries. An important element of this paper is that we compare the effects of entrepreneurial activity on economic growth in high income, transition and l...

Intergenerational entrepreneurial initiatives are aimed at addressing the needs and opportunities of certain social groups have potential becoming successful business projects. Moreover, they a key to undertake sustainability practices that may represent competitive advantage for companies an example imitate when creating businesses. The objective study is propose intergenerational training met...

This article presents conceptual research questions and propositions on the relationship between artisan entrepreneur’s oppositional identity entrepreneurially venturing in context of declining cities urbanized regions. In general, I propose that some features typically deemed harmful to business (e.g., deindustrialization, population loss, stifled innovation) may be less problematic for ventur...

We report on the prevalence and patterns of non-farm enterprises in six sub-Saharan African countries, and study their performance in terms of labor productivity, survival and exit, using the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). Rural households operate enterprises due to both push and pull factors and tend to do so predominantly in eas...

Currently much importance is given to entrepreneurship in the economic development of the countries. Also, in the educational system (from primary school to college) value is given to the teaching of entrepreneurship concepts through many initiatives spread throughout the world. However, in primary school these initiatives are still rare, and this is a context where we consider the existence of...

In the last decade or so, there has been a growing interest in an area that researchers are calling social entrepreneurship. This paper describes the structure and process of international development in Africa from the perspective of a social entrepreneur. It begins with a review of the latest concepts in social entrepreneurship, a movement spearheaded by individuals with a desire to make the ...

Entrepreneurship is crucial for economic growth and employment, but conventional didactical approaches appear ineffective. Effective should include experiential learning from real problems. The serious game under study was developed in the context of entrepreneurship training construction workers (at European Quality Framework levels 3 to 5). offers an immersive scenario with players carrying o...